diff --git a/scripts/dtc/util.c b/scripts/dtc/util.c
index 9953c32..48af961 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/util.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/util.c
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Copyright 2011 The Chromium Authors, All Rights Reserved.
  * Copyright 2008 Jon Loeliger, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  *
  * util_is_printable_string contributed by
  *	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou AT gmail.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- *  General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
- *                                                                   USA
  */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -46,36 +32,54 @@
 	return d;
 }
 
-/* based in part from (3) vsnprintf */
-int xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
+int xavsprintf_append(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-	int n, size = 128;	/* start with 128 bytes */
+	int n, size = 0;	/* start with 128 bytes */
 	char *p;
-	va_list ap;
+	va_list ap_copy;
 
-	/* initial pointer is NULL making the fist realloc to be malloc */
-	p = NULL;
-	while (1) {
-		p = xrealloc(p, size);
+	p = *strp;
+	if (p)
+		size = strlen(p);
 
-		/* Try to print in the allocated space. */
-		va_start(ap, fmt);
-		n = vsnprintf(p, size, fmt, ap);
-		va_end(ap);
+	va_copy(ap_copy, ap);
+	n = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap_copy) + 1;
+	va_end(ap_copy);
 
-		/* If that worked, return the string. */
-		if (n > -1 && n < size)
-			break;
-		/* Else try again with more space. */
-		if (n > -1)	/* glibc 2.1 */
-			size = n + 1; /* precisely what is needed */
-		else		/* glibc 2.0 */
-			size *= 2; /* twice the old size */
-	}
+	p = xrealloc(p, size + n);
+
+	n = vsnprintf(p + size, n, fmt, ap);
+
 	*strp = p;
 	return strlen(p);
 }
 
+int xasprintf_append(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int n;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	n = xavsprintf_append(strp, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return n;
+}
+
+int xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int n;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	*strp = NULL;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	n = xavsprintf_append(strp, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return n;
+}
+
 char *join_path(const char *path, const char *name)
 {
 	int lenp = strlen(path);
@@ -227,11 +231,11 @@
 	return val;
 }
 
-int utilfdt_read_err_len(const char *filename, char **buffp, off_t *len)
+int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp, size_t *len)
 {
 	int fd = 0;	/* assume stdin */
 	char *buf = NULL;
-	off_t bufsize = 1024, offset = 0;
+	size_t bufsize = 1024, offset = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	*buffp = NULL;
@@ -264,20 +268,15 @@
 		free(buf);
 	else
 		*buffp = buf;
-	*len = bufsize;
+	if (len)
+		*len = bufsize;
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp)
-{
-	off_t len;
-	return utilfdt_read_err_len(filename, buffp, &len);
-}
-
-char *utilfdt_read_len(const char *filename, off_t *len)
+char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename, size_t *len)
 {
 	char *buff;
-	int ret = utilfdt_read_err_len(filename, &buff, len);
+	int ret = utilfdt_read_err(filename, &buff, len);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open blob from '%s': %s\n", filename,
@@ -288,12 +287,6 @@
 	return buff;
 }
 
-char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename)
-{
-	off_t len;
-	return utilfdt_read_len(filename, &len);
-}
-
 int utilfdt_write_err(const char *filename, const void *blob)
 {
 	int fd = 1;	/* assume stdout */